A large pharmaceutical company was having issues with the hydraulic system on a critical piece of testing equipment. The customer was experiencing stiction issues with bearings. Their oil analysis revealed that they had varnish present within the oil. The MPC showed a...
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Vacuum Dehydrators Clean Two Refinery Reservoirs
Recently, we were contacted by a customer in the refinery industry that was seeking a rental vacuum dehydrator to remove water from a 100-gallon reservoir. It was clear that time was of the essence. Upon this request, our team was able to quickly prepare and mobilize...
Dust Collector Mods Support Domestic Defense
I received a new referral from a manufacturer that we represent. This new prospect was a metal fabrication company that does work in the military defense industry, very close to our east coast location in Pennsylvania. My contact at the company, Jeff, was the plant...
Water Ingression in Gas Turbine… No Problem for PFPUSA
A power company contacted us several months ago for help with a major water ingression issue in their gas turbine lube oil. At some points, the customer was draining up to 30 gallons of free water from a 3,300 gallon reservoir. The water ingression issue was caused by...
That’s the spirit! How we filter strawberry vodka… Cheers!
Earlier this year a production manager at a distillery contacted us. They produce alcoholic spirits, including vodka in this particular application. In order to address the quality of the vodka the customer was measuring the turbidity of it. If you are not familiar...
Pneumatic Filter Panel with Spin-on Elements
We recently received a call from a rotating equipment engineer who was working at a refinery that produces high quality transportation fuels such as jet fuel, gasoline, diesel, and home heating oil. The engineer was looking for a custom-built filtration system to...
Crane Company Curtails Contamination with Vacuum Dehydrator
A local crane company had a loss of functionality due to water freezing in hydraulic lines; they called us in a panic. The only 200-ton crane in their fleet was unable to lift anything. We loaded up on a service truck a VDOPS-004, one of our 20-GPM vacuum dehydrators,...
Packing a Punch at the Plastic Container Manufacturing Plant
I was approached by a maintenance manager at a plastic container manufacturing plant regarding oil quality. This specific company produces plastic containers and has several plants across the U.S. Each plant is responsible for the maintenance and operation of multiple...
Pneumatic Filter Panel (aka “the Panimal”)
A refinery contacted us recently that required a filter system to transfer 55 gallon drums of ISO 100 oil to their storage tanks (see attached picture). They wanted to filter the oil prior to it entering the tanks. After getting more information on the application, we...
Oil Quality and Our Drum Top Filter System
Last week a large paper mill ordered a second Drum Top Filter (DTF) system and Recirculation Adapter Kit to help with their Oil quality Improvement Program. They had so much success with the first Drum Top Filter System they ordered that you had to get another one....
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